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Is Debussy the greatest precursor of 20th century music?

2020-11-19T19:42:11.033Z


In a new biography, Stephen Walsh tries unsuccessfully to prove a thesis that is too big for both him and the French musician


We have Stephen Walsh (Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 1942) to thank for his courage and enthusiasm for the figure of Claude Debussy.

But to the same extent, we must criticize him.

In the biography about the musician that Cliff has just published,

Debussy, a painter of sounds

, the musicologist, critic and professor emeritus of Cardiff University already launches a too risky declaration of intentions from the first paragraph: “The very ...

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